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France Doubles Renewables Curtailment on Supply-Demand Mismatch

France Doubles Renewables Curtailment on Supply-Demand Mismatch

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France curtailed almost twice as much renewable electricity in the first half of 2025, compared with a year earlier, as a flood of midday clean energy collided with muted demand.
Renewable producers held back 2 terawatt-hours of generation in the first half of 2025, almost double the amount in the same period a year earlier, according to a report from grid operator RTE on Tuesday. Higher solar capacity and sunnier conditions drove much of this growth with the curtailment for the solar sector tripling to 1.2 terawatt-hours. From April to June, about 10% of solar generation was held back and 8% of wind.
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